Empirical Study on the Macroeconomic Factors Influencing Urban Water Prices in China
Reasonable water price can play a role in saving water resources and preventing water pollution while ensuring water supply efficiency,enabling water resources to maximize economic,social and environmental benefits.In order to study the quantitative relationship between changes in urban water price and macroeconomic indicators in China,this paper first es-tablishes a theoretical model that includes factors of water price supply and demand,and analyzes the mechanism by which macroeconomic factors affect changes in water prices;Then,this article uses water prices from municipalities directly under the central government and provincial capital cities as samples to empirically analyze the quantitative correlation between water prices and macroeconomic factors.The empirical results indicate that the important influencing factors of urban water prices in China mainly include per capita real GDP,permanent population,the proportion of added value in the secondary industry,and CPI,all of which have a significant positive impact on water prices.Except for a few regions,the overall applicability of the model is reasonable.The research conclusion of this article is conducive to a deeper understanding of the main influencing fac-tors of urban water prices,and provides a reference basis for the practice of water supply pricing in various cities.At the same time,it also provides theoretical reference and methodological support for constructing a theoretical framework for pricing public utilities,guiding the reasonable adjustments and reforms of public service prices.
urban water pricenational economic indicatorsmacroeconomic influencing factorspricing simulation
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